ABC: AI supply chains, geopolitics and self-censorship

ABC News reports that ChatGPT and Claude are only the surface of AI's 'layered cake' of chips, data, energy and humans. This globally dispersed ecosystem spans Asia-Pacific, and no single country controls every layer, creating complex interdependence and geopolitical power shifts.

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